SDG4 Youth & Student Network

  • A Advocacy Campaign/Project

A Active

Key Information

Members of the SDG4 Youth & Student Network are activists, advocates, elected student representatives, leaders, students, school leaders, teachers, and young professionals who are actively working within youth and student organizations in their local and national communities to improve the quality and accessibility of education.

As one of the key stakeholders in education, youth and students are key partners in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4) on ensuring quality education for all. The SDG4 Youth & Student Network is an inclusive, and representative platform of youth and student groups designed to ensure their meaningful participation in shaping global education policies within the renewed Global Education Cooperation Mechanism (GCM) and the global apex body for education—the SDG4-Education 2030 High-Level Steering Committee (HLSC). The Network is tasked with championing and taking forward the Youth Declaration on Transforming Education.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Global

Activity URL

https://www.unesco.org/sdg4education2030/en/global-education-cooperation-mechanism-platforms/sdg4-youth-network

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
Global / regional
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Other skills
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
Quality
  • School quality
Cross-cutting areas
  • Climate change
  • Digital literacy
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Empowerment
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Policymakers, School administrators, Teachers - female, Teachers - male, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Upper secondary
  • Tertiary
Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
  • Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments
Policy/legal environment
  • Developing/promoting new laws/policies
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
  • Literacy - in the classroom
Women's empowerment programs
  • Advocacy/action
  • Leadership training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Gender parity and non-discrimination are promoted at all subjects/education levels
  • Teachers and learners have the knowledge and skills to promote gender equality
Cross-cutting goals
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Increased agency and empowerment
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
sdg4youth@unesco.org